Fake copies of Microsoft Office, operating systems, memory cards and flash drives, fake designer clothing... anything of that nature. At any given time TM offers thousands of fake itmes which breach their terms & conditions... and often do little about the problem. This is the place to discuss the issue.

Hi Ramil and welcome to ScamBusters. Sorry to hear you've been ripped off with a pirated DVD. I had a similar thing happen about three years ago when I bought a Breaking Bad DVD on TradeMe. The Invercargill-based seller was listing dozens of copies of DVDs and was obviously making a good income from ripping off other people's work. I contacted NZFACT (the NZ Federation Against Copyright Theft -- now called the NZ Screen Association) via email to report the seller, and guess what. They never even got back to me.

When the organisation which supposedly polices copyright theft is that slack, it's hardly surprising that TradeMe is full of pirated DVDs.

Incidentally your seller has previously complained about buying pirated DVDs on this TradeMe auction. His feedback includes a red face for this trade, to which he responded.

sweus is a crook - trying to illegally sell pirated burned dvds. my 'threat' was to inform trademe and the authorities who police such dispicable behaviour. he doesn't appear to get that what he is doing is criminal and has packed a sad because he has been called on his offensive activities and has clearly violated trademe conditions. DANGER WARNING WARNING DANGER!!!